I am Sophie, a Swedish woman by birth but English by adoption. I have a little mud hotel in the beautiful and ancient West African town of Djenne, Mali. WWW.HOTELDJENNEDJENNO.COM Because of unstable political
situation, tourism has ground to a halt. Hotel still open! But hotel staff mainly working in Bogolan studio now: www.malimali.org check out our fab online shop!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Yes, indeed, Osama Bin Laden. But Djenne is not a hotbed of Islamic fundamentalism, although the town is a centre of Islam in the region because of the mosque and the many Koran schools. When I asked the young boy above if he knew who was on his t-shirt he said no. He had never heard of Osama Bin Laden.